WORMWOOD. 41.5 



tainly in some degree to possess ; as it is af- 

 firmed that a bath of wormwood, restores 

 strength and soundness to feet that are weak- 

 ened or galled by travelling, and that it is 

 efficacious against weariness. 



We have often tried its effect in crowded 

 theatres and stage coaches, and found great 

 relief and refreshment from the smell of the 

 common wormwood. A gentleman at the 

 bar, to whom we recommended it, tells us 

 that he has experienced its reviving qualities 

 in heated courts, as being nearly equal to a 

 change of air. It is said to purify even a 

 pestilential air. Helmont says, it is the grate- 

 ful reliever of the mother in child-birth. 



Mugwort is said to take away the pain oc- 

 casioned by the heat of gunpowder, either in 

 its fresh or dried state, if boiled in an equal 

 quantity of wine and water, of which the pa- 

 tient should drink morning and night, and the 

 wound should be washed with the same. 



Th. Tabernsemontanus, in the siege of 

 Oketz, and in several other campaigns, ac- 

 quired a very great reputation by means of 

 this medicine; and he assures us that it 

 never failed him. 



